OMG, did I set some settings incorrectly?
Who are these birds?
Lol, no stupid questions here 
(only stupid answers 
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It’s likely the gold statue’s might not be rendering correctly (some people have reported similar) due to the recent patch. And/or your graphics card might need an update?
Pretty sure those are syymphalian birds.
The driver was released on April 16th, and yes, I don’t have it, but I doubt that the developers are adjusting the game code so harshly that a 1-month delay in the driver breaks some effects.
I thought so too, and I’m a bit confused that they’re there. They probably wanted to add ravens, but for some reason they didn’t.